Building Professional Relationships

The relationships and connections we build and develop as education leaders is an essential component to improving outcomes for students.  Understanding our learners wholistically, knowing who and what is important to them and the environment they are immersed in enables us to truly understand and know our learners. This allows teachers to facilitate learning opportunities that connect with our learners and take them to new learning. Student, teacher, leader, school and Kāhui Ako connections with individuals, communities and professions allows for multiple new learning possibilities.

This lovely thank you card exemplifies many of the powerful education connections I develop in my work.  I am very lucky to be able to build these relationships nationawide in my current role. We are all resources for one another.